News 12.29.16
29 December 2016 News
The victim involved in a beating in Oshkosh earlier this month is recovering well. The family of 20-year-old Trenton Knupple of Greenville says he was placed into a medically induced coma for eleven days and had a portion of his skull removed to release pressure on his brain, but is now awake. Doctors say he will have to have surgery to place the bone back in his skull at some point. The incident happened December 11th in the 400 block of West Lincoln Avenue when Knupple was on his way home. Police say four men assaulted him; one of them knocking him unconscious with a bottle. Witnesses had described the suspects as Asian males – one having long, blonde hair. They drove from the scene in a silver Pontiac Grand Am. Police continue to investigate and ask anyone with information to call Detective Dean Artus at 920-236-5726.
-30-
Fond du Lac police say the recent beating of a 12 year old girl is disturbing and will investigate whether the parents of the perpetrators face any responsibility. A 12 year old girl was lured to the Parkside Elementary School playground last month where she was repeatedly punched, kicked in the head and dragged by her hair while two teenage girls videotaped the incident and posted the attack on social media. Assistant police chief Steve Klein says investigators want to know why this girl was targeted. Klein says the attack is exacerbated by the fact that the attack was posted on social media. Three girls face charges in juvenile court of aggravated battery and party to the crime of aggravated battery.
-30-
A federal workplace safety agency cites a Wisconsin company after a teenage worker was fatally injured at a machine shop. The U.S. Occupational Health and Safety Administration said Tuesday it has issued multiple safety and health violations against G.D. Roberts & Co. of Columbus. Authorities say 17-year-old Dusty Babcock became trapped in a machine at G.D. Roberts on June 27. Police say Babcok was cleaning scrap metal under a laser cutter when the machine engaged and came down on him. He later died. OSHA found the company failed to ensure procedures were followed to lockout the machine, and did not train its employees properly in such safety procedures. The agency is proposing $119,000 in penalties. G.D. Roberts says it continuously improves its workplace safety, and is cooperating with OSHA.
-30-
A tribal corporation is suing the Wisconsin city of Green Bay, seeking damages from a failed waste-to-energy plant. The Oneida Seven Generations Corp. received the city’s permission in 2010 to build a power plant fueled by municipal solid waste. However, after construction started, the city revoked the conditional use permit under pressure from citizens opposed to the plant. The tribal corporation now wants to recover damages. In the complaint filed in federal court, the corporation says it lost around $21 million in profits and expenses, plus substantial legal expenses. The Wisconsin Supreme Court last year affirmed an appeals court ruling that Green Bay improperly revoked the plant’s permit. The city attorney’s office says it isn’t ready to comment.
-30-
Federal investigators say crew fatigue may have contributed to the derailment of a BNSF freight train that spilled more than 20,000 gallons of ethanol last year in western Wisconsin. The engineer and the conductor scored poorly on the Federal Railroad Administration’s fatigue analysis tool, even though they each had more than 13 hours of rest prior to beginning their shift at 1 a.m. on Nov. 17, 2015. The derailment occurred nearly 8 hours later. Both employees passed alcohol and drug screenings. A report released Tuesday says the engineer violated of railroad guidelines by applying the brakes too suddenly, causing 25 cars to jump the tracks near Alma. The administration also determined that the layout of the more than 100-car train contributed to the derailment.
Share |